Comparison

CakeCost vs Bash Baking

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

CakeCost

This app helps bakers and cake decorators accurately calculate the cost of their creations. It factors in ingredients, expenses, and your time, ensuring you charge appropriately and understand your profit margins.

Highlights
  • Calculate ingredient costs
  • Cost time and expenses
  • Set profit margins
  • View net costs
  • Determine what to charge customers
Features
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Are you struggling to figure out what to charge for your cakes and baking services? - CakeCost is designed for bakers and cake decorators, and makes recipe pricing easy. Are you unsure if you are charging enough for your baking? - CakeCost removes uncertainty by calculating prices including ingredients, expenses and your valuable time. Do you usually estimate prices and are unsure of your actual profits? - CakeCost accurately calculates prices with the profit margin you want. With CakeCost you can: - Determine the costs for your ingredients. - Properly cost your time and expenses. - Set your profit and view net costs. Use CakeCost to know exactly what to charge your customers. For more details refer to our website: http://www.cakecost.net Our Terms of Use can be found here: https://www.cakecost.net/pages/terms

About

Bash Baking

Organize your recipes, generate instant grocery lists, and plan baking sessions effortlessly. This assistant helps manage your favorite recipes and makes baking stress-free for any occasion.

Highlights
  • Organize recipes for baking sessions
  • Generate instant grocery lists
  • Build and store recipe collection
  • Upload and store recipes
  • Search recipes by ingredients or type
Features
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Bake smarter, plan better, and enjoy every step of the process with Bash! Bash is your ultimate baking companion—helping you organize recipes, generate instant grocery lists, and make every baking session effortless. Whether you're preparing for a school bake sale, a birthday surprise, or just a weekend treat, Bash keeps your baking organized and stress-free. Why you'll love Bash: Plan your perfect bake – Create bashes to organize recipes for any baking session. Instant grocery lists – Add recipes to a bash and automatically generate a shopping list. Build your recipe collection – Save and organize your favorite recipes all in one place. Upload & store recipes – Snap a picture or add written recipes to keep them handy. Find what you need fast – Search your collection by ingredients, occasion, or type of bake. A bash is more than just a baking session—it’s a way to keep track of your best creations, plan ahead, and ensure you never forget an ingredient. Whether you're an experienced baker or just getting started, Bash makes baking fun, simple, and perfectly organized. Ready to bake without the hassle?

Screenshots

CakeCost4 screens
Bash Baking4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Bash Baking at 100% against CakeCost's 50%. Bash Baking also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.2) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). CakeCost's advantage is ratings volume (29 vs 2) and chart position (#179 vs unranked). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. CakeCost sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Bash Baking asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bash Baking holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CakeCost has 29 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of CakeCost's written reviews are positive against 100% of Bash Baking's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
CakeCost versus Bash Baking: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCakeCostBash Baking
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.2 (29 ratings)4.5 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings29 — better2
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#179 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCakeCostJody Oakley

Customer experience

CakeCost

All ratings30 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral13.3%
Negative36.7%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral22.2%
Negative27.8%

Bash Baking

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

CakeCost

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Plan - Monthly$8.991 Month
  • English US$99.991 Month
None

Bash Baking

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CakeCost free?
CakeCost is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bash Baking free?
Bash Baking is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CakeCost or Bash Baking?
Bash Baking is rated higher. CakeCost averages 3.2 out of 5 from 29 ratings, while Bash Baking averages 4.5 from 2 ratings.
Do CakeCost or Bash Baking have ads?
Neither CakeCost nor Bash Baking shows ads.

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